202, Lot: 112. Estimate $200. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Smyrna. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Time of Severus Alexander, AD 222-235. Æ 30mm (12.80 g, 12h). M. Vinicius Poleites, strategos. Veiled and draped bust of Demeter or Asia left, holding grain ears and cornucopia / The Amazon Smyrna, as Tyche, turreted and clad in short chiton, standing left, holding patera, bipennis, and pelta; galley at feet to left. Klose (VD1/R1); SNG von Aulock 2194 var. (rev. legend; same obv. die); Weber 6160 (same dies). Near VF, green patina under heavy, rough encrustation.